Article
[Detection of expanded-espectrum-betalactamases by DIRAMIC system: comparison with the double-disk synergy test and E-test].
Revista chilena de infectologia : organo oficial de la Sociedad Chilena de Infectologia - 1 Dec 2010
Espino H María, Alvarez V Estrella, Zayas T Angela, Contreras A Rolando
Abstract excerpt
The capacity of the DIRAMIC system to detect strains producing extended-spectrum-betalactamase (ESBL) was evaluated through the comparison with two phenotypic confirmatory tests: double-disk synergy test and E-test. Ninety seven clinical isolates of Escherichia coli y Klebsiella spp. previously characterized; not repeated and suspected of being ESBL producers were studied by the three methods. In comparison with...
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